Cordoba vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Cordoba	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1049	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2539	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$400	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$675	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$380	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$638	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	41	73
😀 Quality of life	64	80
🏙️ Population	1.33M	7.01M

The cost of living in Cordoba is 36% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5212th and 3418th ($1049 vs $1627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Argentina and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Argentina vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Cordoba compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Cordoba ranked 3rd best city to live in Argentina vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 5409th and 759th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cordoba vs Riyadh

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	Cordoba	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.5	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.61	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.38	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.8	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$411	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$285	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$739	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$505	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.3	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	38.48%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2593	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1676	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.5	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.47	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.74	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.68	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.14	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.03	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.05	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.11	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.76	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.9	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.05	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.17	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.6	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.1	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.23	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$129	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$128	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$208	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3280	$9818

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Cities near Cordoba

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Villa Carlos Paz	$885
37 km or 23 mi	Alta Gracia	$867
85 km or 53 mi	Rio Tercero	$716
96 km or 60 mi	Cruz del Eje	$813
142 km or 88 mi	Villa Maria	$687
190 km or 118 mi	Rio Cuarto	$827
197 km or 123 mi	Lujan	$750
200 km or 125 mi	San Francisco	$788
257 km or 160 mi	Rafaela	$781
278 km or 172 mi	Villa Mercedes	$752
290 km or 180 mi	San Luis	$756
308 km or 192 mi	Esperanza	$779
331 km or 206 mi	Santa Fe	$802
332 km or 206 mi	Venado Tuerto	$801
340 km or 211 mi	La Rioja	$571
349 km or 217 mi	Parana	$761
357 km or 222 mi	San Lorenzo	$764
362 km or 225 mi	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca	$642
375 km or 233 mi	Rosario	$789
379 km or 235 mi	Villa Gobernador Galvez	$739
404 km or 251 mi	Santiago del Estero	$667
410 km or 255 mi	La Banda	$646
413 km or 257 mi	San Juan	$578
414 km or 257 mi	Villa Constitucion	$832
429 km or 267 mi	San Nicolas de los Arroyos	$875
436 km or 271 mi	Pergamino	$868
444 km or 276 mi	San Martin	$838
464 km or 288 mi	Junin Partido	$835
464 km or 289 mi	Las Heras	$877
467 km or 290 mi	Mendoza	$897
468 km or 291 mi	Godoy Cruz	$877
474 km or 295 mi	General Pico	$671
491 km or 305 mi	Villaguay	$752
492 km or 306 mi	San Pedro	$866
496 km or 308 mi	Gualeguay	$963
504 km or 313 mi	Reconquista	$603
521 km or 324 mi	San Miguel de Tucuman	$633
526 km or 327 mi	San Rafael	$639
537 km or 334 mi	Goya	$591
548 km or 341 mi	Chivilcoy	$855

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463